KS100 Culture in Historical Perspective
This course introduces students to the history of the concept of culture with an emphasis on approaches to cultural analysis in the history and practice of cultural studies. Culture will be viewed from a number of different perspectives and will focus on the history of popular culture.
Fall, Fridays 10:00-11:50 am, instructor Gregory Cameron
• Note this course has a tutorial component; a tutorial must be selected as well

KS101 Culture in Thematic Perspective
This course introduces students to the key debates in contemporary cultural studies through a thematic and critical approach to culture. Emphasis will be placed on the thematic study of contemporary popular cultural forms. Themes explored in this course may vary from year to year.
Winter, Fridays 10:00-11:50am, instructor Trevor Holmes
• Note this course has a tutorial component; a tutorial must be selected as well

KS201 Classics in Cultural Theory
A study of key foundational topics, concepts and theories in Cultural Studies, which may include ideology, knowledge, subjectivity, discourse, power, and representation.
Prerequisites   KS100 and KS101 (or permission of instructor).
Exclusions  KS200*.
Fall, Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30-3:50pm, instructor Gregory Cameron

KS202 Contemporary Cultural Theory
A study of critical debates, practices, theories, concepts, and methods in contemporary Cultural Studies taking into consideration the global and transnational scope of culture, cultural flows, and cultural criticism.
Additional Course Information
Prerequisites  KS100 and KS101 (or permission of instructor).
Exclusions  KS200*.
Winter, Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30-3:50pm, instructor Gregory Cameron

KS205  Cartoons and Comics
A study of cartoons and comics from the 18th century to the present, addressing such issues as the history of the genre, and its various roles from the political to the popular.
Fall, Mondays 6:00-8:50pm, instructor Andre Deman

KS210 Cultural Studies of Popular Music
This course examines the cultural politics of music through an exploration of the critical and analytical issues related to the production, distribution, consumption, circulation, and regulation of popular music from a cultural studies perspective. Topics may include youth and subcultures of music, power and identity, the politics of location, and fan cultures. This course does not assume or require any prior musical training.
Prerequisites KS100 or KS101.
 Winter, Mondays 6:00-8:50pm, instructor David Hayes

KS340J Myths, Monsters and Machines: The Fantastic in Popular Culture
The monster, as signifier, makes us think of the boundaries between human and non-human, self and other, real and unreal. This course takes on an exploration of what it means to “be human” through myths, metaphors and popular representations of nonhuman beings including monsters (of varying sorts), cyborgs, and other nonhuman entities. Collectively, we ask what role do myths of monstrosity play in our social and cultural imagination? What does it mean to be rendered mythic? Or monstrous? Where do monster myths and what we often colloquially call the “real” world intersect? We will look not only at monsters in popular culture, but will explore the significance of the monstrous in political, social and cultural discourses.
Fall, Mondays 1:00-3:50, instructor Alexandra Boutros

KS400G Law, Culture and Representation
Law and culture are often perceived as distinct areas of action. Whereas culture is thought to provide us with the signs, symbols, language and meanings that help us make sense of our everyday lives and the world around us, law is often understood as an autonomous body of rules, regulations and rights designed to maintain social order. But are these realms really so distinct?
In an attempt to explore this question, this course uses a critical cultural studies approach to law to examine both culture and law as important sites of signification. Through the examination of a wide variety of contemporary social issues we will consider how the law shapes identities and social practices, and influences cultural norms and behavior by authorizing particular representations of the world. We will also examine how cultural norms and beliefs shape legal institutions and define what kinds of legal actions are viewed as politically legitimate.
Who decides what is art and what is pornography? How do new forms of personal representation brought about social media impact our privacy rights? Do representations of the law in popular culture impact our actual rights? These are some of the questions that we will consider as we examine the ongoing and mutually constitutive relationship between law and culture.
Winter, Mondays 1:00-3:50pm, Instructor Nicole Aylwin